Both Uses of
encroach
in
Great Expectations
- And as to the condition on which you hold your advancement in life,—namely, that you are not to inquire or discuss to whom you owe it,—you may be very sure that it will never be encroached upon, or even approached, by me, or by any one belonging to me.†
Chpt 22
- Without encroaching on forbidden ground, we may venture to say that there can be no doubt between ourselves of that fact.†
Chpt 30 *
Definition:
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(encroach) to gradually take something like control, property, or rights from another